Planned Parenthood resolution derailed to Senate committee

A call on Congress to stop funding Planned Parenthood has been derailed to a second Senate committee. Without discussion Thursday, the Senate agreed to send the proposal to the Senate Finance Committee.

Rep. Frank Hoffman, R-West Monroe

The shuffling of Rep. Frank Hoffmann's House Concurrent Resolution 54 to a second committee adds another hurdle to passage as the clock begins to run out on the 2011 legislative session.

Planned Parenthood is prohibited from using federal funding to provide abortions, except in the case of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother. And in Louisiana, Planned Parenthood does not provide abortions at all.

But Hoffmann, R-West Monroe, said that giving the organization federal funding for services such as screenings for breast and cervical cancer indirectly helps Planned Parenthood provide abortions.